Unveiled 2005

“Movimenti della memoria”
by Fabrizio Plessi

From the installation "Movimenti della Memoria" by Fabrizio Plessi. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.

Movimenti della memoria

  • Unveiled 2005
  • Materials Nine tree trunks bound to various objects found in pulp mill including chairs and buckets; moving images
  • Dimensions Dimensions vary
  • Artist Fabrizio Plessi
  • Where Show on map

The Italian artist Fabrizio Plessi visited Kistefos in 2001. The visit resulted in the installation Movimenti della memoria - which translates to ”The movement of memory”. Inspired by the feeling of abandonment, which defined the silent factory building, Plessi generated the first mechanical activity on the premises since the pulp production had been halted in 1955.

The installation consists of nine rotating logs suspended from the ceiling by means of thick steel wires. Inside the logs, there’s blue light - a symbol of the river and waterfall that was the very basis of life for the industrial society at Kistefos. Wood pulp, tools, and furniture from workers’ housing on the factory grounds are attached to the logs. The installation is located in the old production hall, next to the large wet lap machine. Thus, Movimenti della memoria is an installation created in, by and for Kistefos; a dynamic work of art that reminds us of a time that is irrevocably past.

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From the installation Movimenti della Memoria by Fabrizio Plessi. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.

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From the installation Movimenti della memoria by Fabrizio Plessi. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.

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From the installation Movimenti della Memoria by Fabrizio Plessi. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.